Brandeis boys coast in 27-5A swim meet

Brandeis' Aaron Brysch swims the anchor leg of the men 400-yard freestyle relay during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. Brandeis finished first with a time of 3:12.15.

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O'Connor's Lanie McAlpin competes in the women 200-yard freestyle during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. McAlpin finished first with a time of 1:57.77.

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Clark's Joseph Jaime competes in the men 200-yard freestyle during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. Jaime finished first with a time of 1:41.24.

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Health Careers' Marian Yurchishin competes in the women 200-yard IM during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. Yurchishin finished first with a time of 2:08.13.

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Marshall's David Moore competes in the men 200-yard IM during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. Moore finished first with a time of 1:52.11.

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Clark's Reagan Nentwich (left) and Marshall's Laney Klar hug after the women 100-yard butterfly during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. Nentwich finished first with a time of 58.29. Klar finished second with a time of 58.45.

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O'Connor's Abby McAlpin competes in the women 100-yard backstroke during the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. McAlpin finished first with a time of 58.58.

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O'Connor's Abby McAlpin (from left), Emma Piercy, and Courtney Sowell cheer for teammate Lanie McAlpin (not pictued) during the women 400-yard freestyle relay at the UIL District 27-5A Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday Jan. 26, 2013 at the George Block Aquatic Center. O'Connor finished first with a time of 3:42.36.

If didn't matter that the Brandeis boys swim team set four meet records and swept the relays while cruising to a team district title at the District 27-5A meet Saturday at Block Aquatics Center.

The Broncos are thinking bigger.

“We're way ahead of where we were last year, but we're not done,” said Aaron Moran, who broke his own record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 52.11 seconds. “I say we have a possibility of sending all three relays to state.”

Moran and Aaron Brysch spearheaded the Broncos' effort. Brysch won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events, breaking a 23-year-old record in the latter with a time of 46.45 seconds. He beat Clark'sJoseph Jaime by 0.39 seconds.

The Broncos also edged Clark in the 200 medley (0.03 seconds) and the 200 free relays (0.25). Brandeis dominated the 400 free relay, setting a Northside record (3:12.15)

“We've been pushing each other all year,” Brysch said. “At regionals, we're going to show them that Northside is coming to be back on top again.”

Marshall's David Moore won the boys MVP award. He broke a 21-year-old record in the 200 individual medley (1:52.11), but surprisingly took second in the 100 breaststroke, losing to Clark's Michael Macha by 0.07 seconds.

“Normally I can take it easy in prelims. This time, I knew that even if I slowed down a little bit I wouldn't make finals,” Moore said. “Hopefully I can come back at regionals.”

The meet's biggest surprise came from Health Careers sophomore Marian Yurchishin, who was named girls MVP after upsetting meet record-holder Abby McAlpin of O'Connor in the 200 individual medley and winning the 100 backstroke.

“It's good for me to represent my school because not a lot of people know about it,” Yurchishin said. “It's great for swimmers.”

The Panthers still claimed the girls team title, thanks to winning the 200-medley and 400-free relays and getting individual golds from Lanie McAlpin (200 free) and Emma Piercy (100 free).